Arthurlie1981

One of the best goals I have seen in my 25+ years of watching Arthurlie.

A game that shows what happens when you don’t take your chances. Pollok could/should have been out of sight by half time missing at least 4 quality chances including a penalty. 2nd half they had 2 more decent chances and then we sort of got a grip of the game, Tam McGaughey winning a penalty for Dykes to score, then we switch off for Lok to lead again before Bolger scored a great free kick to equalise. We had a couple of chances to win it so disappointing not to get 3 points. Can’t help but feel that a point a piece did neither team a favour.

Talbot v Darvel are both on the Friday of that weekend

The rule of thumb with our pitch is that given 6 hours of dry weather it normally drains. Weather looks better for the lead up to the game so would hope would be ok. Will be heavy though.

2 legged semi finals are back apparently

Took in this game, better team won but was in all honestly a poor game. Felt the game was settled when Moffat went 4 up top, was a gamble I didn't think was needed at that stage of the game and ultimately it cost them, although the miss at the death was really bad!!

He has to hand over kit etc to the club he plays for before the SFA will register him as if he has held on to kit the club can ask the SFA to withhold the registration. That goes for the 30 days to. If the club haven't paid him he can null and void his contact but that takes time with the SFA.

I loved the Junior cup, but just haven't had the same feeling about it since the old East Region clubs left. We have made the Quarters this year and there isn't the same buzz around getting there than there has been in the past. I know that Bellshill have a real buzz around themselves and fair play to them but I just don't have the same feeling I had for it in the 80s/90s/00s/10s. Maybe I'm getting old

Im not insinuating anything. I don't think Glens did anything different because it was us. But what I do know is that is that (and I have done this in the past) Glens could have spoken to Arthurlie and said they wanted to give it as much chance as possible and arranged an inspection for 11:30, but instead they said the pitch was fine (when it wasn't) and fans had started making the 100 mile round trip with some being almost there by the time they found out it was off. I might not be "crying" as a poster above stated but I am certainly angry and disappointed, mainly because of the cost of travelling down on a wasted journey. Like I said I dont have any doubts that this was Glens trying to get the game on but what did they expect when a good part of the pitch was frozen solid, they deserve criticism and punishment from the league for how they handled it!

So that makes what your team did yesterday fine then? Not the 1st time they have done it either too. The fact that they responded on social media saying the park was fine when asked by an Arthurlie fan shows the contempt they treated fans.

Good to see and hopefully that was agreed with opposition before hand. But as with us there are more than just players and officials to worry about with fans travelling significant distances to only find out the game is postponed. I am all for giving a pitches a chance to thaw out where possible but it should be communicated to supporters so they can make a decision if it is worth travelling or not.

Shambles from Glenafton. Having seen pictures of the pitch the league need to take them to task over not having had a morning inspection. It was no where near playable. We were just at Cumnock when we found out it was off. Ended up going to the Cumnock v Rob Roy snooze fest.

But KRR would have a very good case to take EDC to court, as if they have put some of the costs in with the agreement they would become tenants then the council have reneged then they have stolen money from KRR. Also from working in an LA most of my career any money coming in on joint process have signed and sealed contracts and agreements long before the commencement of any work. I thought it had been mentioned on here previously that KRR have not yet put money in and any money would be to make further improvements.

Watching Murdie's interactions with the Cumnock fans at the end of the game after beating us 3-2 I would keep your money. Spoke to a number of fans who have not been impressed by him and many who were in the enclosure let him know that they blamed him when we equalised. When they hit a last minute winner he turned round and goaded his own fans and even when walking off at full time he was shouting at them. Time will tell but certainly just now he is on the back foot.

Had this exact thought when I saw the wanks list with EK on it. He was extremely vocal in his opposition before moving to EK so lets see you back it up now Mick and make the same comments while criticising your employer!

Crazy game, Bens were cruising but there misses came back to haunt them as Max Kerr pulled 1 back and Bens went into their shell and we finally found an equaliser when Scott Anson headed the equaliser with his 1st goal from the club. Arthurlie then had a free kick on the halfway near the dugouts, Jordan Leyden went to launch it into the box knowing it was almost the lack kick of the game. The free kick flew over the keeper to send us through. Unbelievable.

Got what we deserved today which was nothing. For 75 minutes we didn't even look like troubling the Cumnock goal and then out of nowhere 2 in 5 minutes and we were level. After that only looked like 1 winner and we missed 3 great chances and some good defending kept it level only for Cumnock to score with almost the last kick to win it. We can't continue to play in fits and starts and not put together a full 90 or at least 80 if we want to stay up.

Well you shouldn't be budgeting on away crowds. You cannot guarantee that you will get the bigger away supports on a Saturday no matter if all clubs have floodlights or not. It is not the league or the other clubs duty to subsidise the other clubs at this level. I agree that clubs should be working towards a minimum standard for grounds across all the leagues but at the end of the day the clubs run the league and if they want changes they can ask for it. You also can go to your club and ask for them to propose it if they agree with you.

There is an area of the pitch that is under the trees at the far corner and it doesn’t get the sun until late afternoon and would have no chance to thaw out.

We were well beaten and if it wasn’t for some good saves from the keeper & last ditch defending it would have been more. Manager got tactics wrong and was forced to change it after being 2 down in 10 mins. 2 terrible goals to loose. Should have had a penalty when Leyden was fouled in the box but somehow the referee gave a foul against him for kicking the player who had dived in front of him to block him getting to the ball. Need to improve & fast.

Agree with your 1st point, your 2nd is nonsense, they will have worked no harder tan any other committee.

St Cadoc's 4-4 Arthurlie. We took the lead and could have been 2 up. Made an error that levelled it then fell apart for the rest of the half and could have been further behind than 4-1. Manager made changes and that seemed to freak out St Cadoc's who did nothing of note in the 2nd half and it was all us, Wharton scored on his debut after a bad error from the home keeper, Bolger then scored a great free kick and then the keeper wiped out McPherson and Docherty buried the pen. Would have bitten your hand off at half time for a goal in the 2nd half never mind a point. We need to be better though as we cannot give away the goals we gave away.

Wasn't there today but can't say I was surprised tbh. Our defending over the past few weeks has been poor. We can score most weeks but can't keep goals out. Plus, after the managers comments to the press that we were the better team last week I would love some of the medication he is on. Big game next week.

The only thing I would say is that in the past when we had discussion with our LA the issue around improvements, social club and making money from the facility were very contentious and were never overcome.

Not much between the team imo. First half Bankies on top, 2nd thought it was us and had a great chance to level with big Dykes but never got enough on his header. Darroch and Niven were very very good at the back for the visitors.